WEATHER - GENERAL INFORMATION
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American Red Cross - Talking About Disaster - This guide, in
pdf format, helps people understand how to deal with disasters like e
arthquakes, fire, floods and flash floods, heat wave, hurricanes,
landslides, severe thunderstorms, tornadeos, tsunamis, volcanos,
wild fires, and winter storms. It also helps you prepare a Family
Disaster Plan and to outfit a disaster supplies kit. (This is a not a U.S. Government website. NOAA is not responsible for the content of external internet sites).
www.redcross.org/disaster/safety/guide.html
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Office of Meteorology Publications - You can access safety publications
on a wide range of weather-related topics including dust
storms, heat waves, tornadoes, hurricanes, winter storms, flash floods
and floods, thunderstorms and lightning. Other publications include A
Pilot's Guide to Aviation Weather Services, Safe Boating Weather Tips,
Basic Spotter's Field Guide, and the mariner's guides. Some
publications are printed in Spanish and others are in pdf format.
www.nws.noaa.gov/om/index.html
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NOAA's Fire Weather Information Center Here you can find a
roundup of various NOAA
Web sites and information on the latest fire weather forecasts,
including satellite images and graphics. Some external links are
included for your convenience.
www.noaa.gov/fireweather/
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The Weather Where You Live - Check out your region's official weather
forecast.
iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/iwdspg1.html
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NOAA Weather Radio - NOAA Weather Radio...the voice of the National
Weather Service. NOAA Weather Radio broadcasts National Weather Service
warnings, watches, forecasts and other hazard information 24 hours a
day. NOAA Weather Radio is provided as a public service by the
Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration. The NOAA Weather Radio network has more than 480
stations in the 50 states and near adjacent coastal waters, Puerto Rico,
the U.S. Virgin Islands and U.S. Pacific Territories.
www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/index.html
• Special Needs NOAA Weather Radio - The special-needs NOAA Weather Radio was designed to adapt to the needs of the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. The Radio can warn deaf and hard-of-hearing persons of hazardous conditions, giving them around-the-clock, up-to-the-minute weather information. The Radio is a weather alerting system that can be a lifesaver, much as the now commonly-used smoke detector with flashing light, for deaf and hard-of-hearing persons.
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/safety/specialneeds.html
• Severe Weather Safety - Severe weather safety information from NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/safety
LIGHTNING AND THUNDERSTORMS
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Lightning Kills, Play it Safe Summer is the peak season for one of the
nation's deadliest weather phenomena - lightning. In the United States,
an average of 73 people are killed each year by lightning. That's more than the
annual number of people killed by tornadoes or hurricanes. Many more people are struck
but survive. However, they often report a variety of long-term, debilitating symptoms,
including memory loss, attention deficits, sleep disorders, numbness, dizziness,
stiffness in joints, irritability, fatigue, weakness, muscle spasms, depression,
and an inability to sit for long. To learn more about lightning, be sure to check
out the Quick Facts.
www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/
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An Introduction to Lightning and Lightning Safety This RealMedia
production tells how to protect yourself from lightning both outside and inside
the home. Lightning is the second greatest killer of people annually and there
are approximately 25,000,000 cloud to ground lightning flashes annually.
Your machine will
need to have the "RealVideo" plug-in and a sound card to access this information.
www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/media/ltngintro.rm
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The Science of Thunderstorms and Lightning This RealMedia production
tells how thunderstorms are formed and how the electrical charges become
lightning. Your machine will
need to have the "RealVideo" plug-in and a sound card to access this information.
www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/media/ltngscience.rm
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Lightning Safety Outside This RealMedia production tells how to assess
the risks from lightning when outdoors and how to reduce the risks from
danger. Your machine will
need to have the "RealVideo" plug-in and a sound card to access this information.
www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/media/ltngoutside.rm
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Safe Shelters and Indoor Lightning Safety This RealMedia production tells how to protect yourself from lightning
inside the home. For a shelter provide safety, it must contain a mechanism for
conducting the electical current at the point of contact to the ground. Lightning
can follow plumbing, electrical wiring and telephone lines to the ground. Your machine will
need to have the "RealVideo" plug-in and a sound card to access this information.
www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/media/ltnginside.rm
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The Facts About Lightning Strike Victims
This RealMedia production tells how lightning can change the lives
of those people who have been struck by lightning. Lightning kills about 70
people a year, and provides devastation to the lives of lightning strikes
victims and their families. Your machine will
need to have the "RealVideo" plug-in and a sound card to access this information.
www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/media/LtngVictim.rm
FLOODS
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Flash Flood and Floods ..the Awesome Power! A Preparedness Guide - This
guide explains about the dangers of the primary weather-related killer
in the United States. It explains how flash floods occur and how we can
protect ourselves.
www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/flashfld.htm
TSUNAMIS
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Frequently Asked Questions About Tsunamis - This page
provides information about tsunamis. The phenomenon (pronounced
“soo-nah-mee”) is a series of waves of extremely long wave length and
long period generated in a body of water by an impulsive disturbance
that vertically displaces the water. In the past, tsunamis were often
referred to as "tidal waves," a misnomer. Tides are the result of
gravitational influences of the moon, sun, and planets and tsunamis
are not caused by the tides and are unrelated to them.
www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami-hazard/tsunami_faqs.htm
